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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7753846 | Apparatus for measuring skin moisture content and it's operation method An apparatus for measuring skin moisture content, the apparatus including: an electrode unit comprising a reference (R) electrode, a current (C) electrode, and a measuring (M) electrode; an operational amplifier including an inverting input terminal that is supplied... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7575549 | Apparatus and method for increasing, monitoring, measuring, and controlling perspiratory water and solid loss at reduced ambient pressure A device for increasing, monitoring, and measuring perspiration water and solid loss at reduced ambient pressure, comprising a sealed chamber capable of maintaining less than atmospheric pressure for an extended period of time and a gasket-sealed door accessing the ... | 08/18/2009 |
| RE40470 | Body function measuring apparatus Body function measuring apparatus which provides: (1) an indication of the body function being measured, and (2) a loose probe condition by determining that the difference between the rate of change of a first body function signal, developed by a first sensor in the... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7402135 | Apparatus and method to evaluate hydration of the skin or the mucous membranes An apparatus enabling a person to evaluate the hydration of a region of the skin or the mucous membranes. The apparatus includes a sensor including an array of non-optical detection cells and processor apparatus arranged to deliver at least one piece of information ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7266404 | Device for collecting skin permeable gas and apparatus for measuring skin permeable gas An apparatus for measuring skin permeable gas, which can be used to obtain clinical information by noninvasive and bloodless operations and are useful for in-home medical care and health management. The device for collecting skin permeable gas includes a finger-stal... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261692 | Skin permeable gas collector and skin permeable gas measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring skin permeable gas, which can be used to obtain clinical information by noninvasive and bloodless operations and is useful for in-home medical care and health management. The apparatus includes a device for collecting skin permeable gas in... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247137 | Device for collecting skin permeable gas and apparatus for measuring skin permeable gas An apparatus for measuring skin permeable gas, which can be used to obtain clinical information by noninvasive and bloodless operations and are useful for in-home medical care and health management. The device for collecting skin permeable gas includes a cylindrical... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7147615 | Needle dislodgement detection An apparatus for detecting dislodgement of a needle inserted into a patient includes a sensor for detecting wetness due to blood and a sensor holder to secure the sensor to the patient such that the sensor detects wetness due to blood loss from the patient upon disl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134998 | Tear secretion quantity examination system A tear secretion quantity examination system for evaluating simply and non-invasively the tear secretion quantity has: a moisture evaporation quantity detection unit for detecting the moisture evaporation quantity from a subject's eye with a humidity sensor; and an ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7087019 | Apparatus for testing skin moisture An apparatus for testing skin moisture including a casing, a fixed base at the front end of the casing, at least one through hole on the fixed base, a hollow cylindrical metal electrode with a closed end passing through the through hole, and an electrically conducti... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6966877 | Method and device for measuring transepidermal water loss of skin surface A method for measuring the degree of evaporation of water through the skin includes placing a measurement chamber on the surface of the skin. The measurement chamber is a chamber which is open only at one side, and when placed on the skin it will become a totally cl... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6756032 | Method to enhance and/or prolong the effects of a primary challenge to a responsive system with a secondary challenge The present invention relates to a method comprising subjecting a test site of a responsive system to a primary challenge; subjecting the same test site to a secondary challenge, wherein the secondary challenge is designed to enhance and/or prolong a response of the... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6533725 | Method for evaluating skin health An apparatus for evaluating water permeability of the stratum corneum epidermidis, including a feeding device for feeding a carrier gas to a skin surface to be measured, a measuring device for measuring humidity of the carrier gas discharged from the feed... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6299305 | Ophthalmic apparatus An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring dryness of a cornea of an eye to be examined, the apparatus comprising a projecting optical system including a light source for projecting measurement light onto the cornea, a detecting optical system including a phot... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6287255 | Apparatus for measuring transpiration amount Described is an apparatus for measuring a water transpiration amount, which comprises a barrel-type body having a humidity sensor inside of the body and opening portions on the top and bottom of the body, wherein a gas introductory path for feeding, from ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5579765 | Monitor to detect bleeding A monitor for detecting external bleeding from a puncture site on a patient. The monitor is provided with a self-sticking bandage portion on one end connected by means of a flexible connecting strip to a self-sticking holder portion on an opposite end. Th... | 12/03/1996 |
| 4461303 | Non-intrusive tear evaporimeter The non-intrusive measurement of preocular tear film evaporation employs a goggle fitted on a subject and connected with apparatus for introducing air of known conditions to a goggle chamber over one eye, apparatus for controlling air movement within the ... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4253467 | Arthroscopic probe An apparatus and method for inserting an arthroscope into a knee. A stiff wire probe is shaped to be inserted through an anterior portal of the knee, to pass through the posteromedial cavity, or any other knee cavity, and thence emerge out through the ski... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4190056 | Method and means for recording sweat gland activity Method and apparatus for recording sweat gland activity which provides a pictorial representation thereof by physical contact of an iodide treated skin area with a dry sensitized substrate. In one preferred embodiment, the sensitized substrate comprises a... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4066068 | Method and apparatus for determining the amount of a substance emitted by diffusion from a surface such as a derm surface A method and apparatus are provided for measuring quantitatively the amount of liquid and convection heat emitted from a surface by diffusion. When the surface is a derm surface the transepidermal water loss is measurable by a cylindrical shield device in... | 01/03/1978 |
